The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Dilly, J. Dodsley, J. Wilkie, J. Robson, J. Johnson, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, E. Newbery, T. Evans, P. Elmsly, R. Baldwin, G. Nicol, Leigh and Sotheby, J. Bew, N. Conant, W. Nicoll, J. Murray, S. Hayes, W. Fox, and J. Bowen., 1783 - English poetry |
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... nihil effe " in focietate hominum magis vel Deo gra- " tum , vel rationi confentaneum , effe in ci- " vitate nihil æquius , nihil utilius , quam " potiri rerum digniffimum . Eum te agno- " fcunt omnes , Cromuelle , ea tu civis maxi ...
... nihil effe " in focietate hominum magis vel Deo gra- " tum , vel rationi confentaneum , effe in ci- " vitate nihil æquius , nihil utilius , quam " potiri rerum digniffimum . Eum te agno- " fcunt omnes , Cromuelle , ea tu civis maxi ...
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... Nihil in Latin by Pafferat , a poet and critick of the fixteenth century in France ; who , in his own epitaph , expreffes his zeal for good poetry thus : U 4 -Molliter -Molliter offa quiefcent Sint modo carminibus non onerata malis ...
... Nihil in Latin by Pafferat , a poet and critick of the fixteenth century in France ; who , in his own epitaph , expreffes his zeal for good poetry thus : U 4 -Molliter -Molliter offa quiefcent Sint modo carminibus non onerata malis ...
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... NIHIL , ne defpice munus . Nain NIHIL eft gemmis , NIHIL eft pretiofius auro . Huc animum , huc igitur vultus adverte benignos : Res nova narratur quæ nulli audita priorum , Aufonii & Graii dixerunt cætera vates , Aufoniæ indictum NIHIL ...
... NIHIL , ne defpice munus . Nain NIHIL eft gemmis , NIHIL eft pretiofius auro . Huc animum , huc igitur vultus adverte benignos : Res nova narratur quæ nulli audita priorum , Aufonii & Graii dixerunt cætera vates , Aufoniæ indictum NIHIL ...
Page 300
... NIHIL eft jucundius almæ , Vere NIHIL , NIHIL irriguo formofius horto , Floridius pratis , Zephyri clementius aura ; In bello fanctum NIHIL eft , Martifque tumultu ; ; Juftum in pace NIHIL , NIHIL eft in fœdere tutum . Felix cui NIHIL ...
... NIHIL eft jucundius almæ , Vere NIHIL , NIHIL irriguo formofius horto , Floridius pratis , Zephyri clementius aura ; In bello fanctum NIHIL eft , Martifque tumultu ; ; Juftum in pace NIHIL , NIHIL eft in fœdere tutum . Felix cui NIHIL ...
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... NIHIL eft , NIHIL altius aftris . " Tùque , tibi licet eximium fit mentis acumen , Omnem in naturam penetrans , & in abdita rerum , Pace tua , Memmi , NIHIL ignorare vidêris . Sole tamen NIHIL eft , & puro clarius igne . Tange NIHIL , ...
... NIHIL eft , NIHIL altius aftris . " Tùque , tibi licet eximium fit mentis acumen , Omnem in naturam penetrans , & in abdita rerum , Pace tua , Memmi , NIHIL ignorare vidêris . Sole tamen NIHIL eft , & puro clarius igne . Tange NIHIL , ...
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